uninstall_packages

Uninstalls packages from /opt/vertica/packages to remove unused or problematic packages, clean up before reinstalling, or reduce database size.

Syntax

vcluster uninstall_packages options

Options

--ca-cert-file string

The path to the trusted CA certificate file.

Default: /opt/vertica/config/https_certs/rootca.pem

--cert-file string

The path to the certificate file.

Default: /opt/vertica/config/https_certs/{username}.pem

{ -c | --config } string

The path to the configuration file. If a configuration file is present in the default location (automatically generated by create_db), you do not need to specify this option.

Default: /opt/vertica/config/vertica_cluster.yaml

{ -d | --db-name } string

The name of the database. You should only use this option if you want to override the database name in your configuration file. This string must conform to the format used for database names.

{ -h | --help }

Prints help text.

--hosts strings

A comma-separated list of hosts in the database.

--ipv6

Specifies if the hosts use IPv6 addresses.

Default: IPv4

--key-file string

Path to the key file. If you specify this option, you must also specify --cert-file. You should only use --cert-file and --key-file if you have configured the Node Management Agent (NMA) to use custom certificates.

{ -l | --log-path } string

The absolute path for debug logs.

Default: /opt/vertica/log/vcluster.log

{ -o | --output-file } string

Writes the output to the specified file instead of STDOUT.

Default: STDOUT

--package string

Select packages using all, default, specific package name, or comma-separated list of package names.

Default: all

{ -p | --password } string

The database password.

--password-file string

The absolute path to a file containing the database password.

If you pass a dash(-) (that is, `--password-file -`), the password is read from STDIN.

Important

Your database password cannot include single quotes.

--read-password-from-prompt

Prompts the user to enter the password.

--tls-mode string

Sets the TLS validation mode. Valid options are enable, verify-ca, verify-full.

Default: enable

--use-password-for-sql-client-only

Use the password for the NMA SQL client only.

--verbose

Shows the details of VCluster run in the console.

Examples

To uninstall all available packages (default):

vcluster uninstall_packages

To uninstall default packages:

vcluster uninstall_packages --package "default"

To uninstall all packages:

vcluster uninstall_packages --package "all"

To uninstall a specific package:

vcluster uninstall_packages --package "ComplexTypes"

To uninstall multiple packages (comma-separated):

vcluster uninstall_packages --package "ComplexTypes,kafka,logsearch"

To uninstall all packages using database and host name:

vcluster uninstall_packages --db-name test_db \
    --hosts 192.0.2.0,192.0.2.1,192.0.2.2 \
    --password <PASSWORD>